AT THE MANSION HOUSE

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2914, 28 October 1916, Page 10

AT THE MANSION HOUSE

NOTABLE COLONIAL FUNCTION ' Australian-New Zeilond Cable Association. ' (Rec; October 27, 8.5 p.m.) ; London, October 26. . There was a notable gathering at the Mansion House when the Lord Mayor gave a luncheon to 300 overseas residents" and visitors to meet the various •High Commissioners and Agents-Gen-eral. For the first time in history.the Mansion House was devoted to a purely colonial function. The guests included Sir Thomas and Lady Mackenzie; Mr. and Mrs. Massey, Sir Joseph and Lady Ward, Sir James Carroll, and Lieut. 'J'. Y. Seddon. The Lord Mayor toasted the High Commissioners.'' ' '"Sir T. Mackenzie presented the Lord Mayor, on behalf of'the High Commissioners, with 'an address thanking him for his generous hospitality orerseas troops, and his gracious receptiqn of the colonial representatives. Mr.*' Bonar Law (Secretary of State for the Colonies), in proposing the Lord Mayor's health, expressed on behalf of the British people the debt of gratitude the.v owed: the. overseas' Dominions. He said: "The--war" had:.shown we were working as one. It.was true we were winning, but we had a long road to go. Our victories in > the-past were'not won by. our wealth or even by our courage, but by our staying powers. Wc must still rely on' that -until victory was ours." '